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Marcenasco
Barolo · Italy
Fact sheet
- Type
- Other
- Grape
- Nebbiolo
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Barolo
- Appellation
- Barolo / Piedmont
- Body
- full
- Acidity
- high
- Tannin
- high
- Sweetness
- dry
Food pairing
roast lamb · truffle risotto · polenta · aged cheeses · game meats · pasta with ragu
Rated vintages
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201395 pts
Wild berry, crushed herb, violet and baking spice scents lift out of the glass along with a whiff of menthol. Focused and elegantly structured, the delicious palate doles out ripe Marasca cherry, raspberry compote, cinnamon, sage and white pepper, while refined tannins and brigh…
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201288 pts
Subdued aromas recalling grilled herb, orange peel and a hint of freshly picked rose come together on this. The palate offers sour cherry, mint and licorice alongside fine-grained tannins that leave a firm, rather astringent finish.
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201087 pts
This wine begins with aromas of oak, coffee bean and toast. The palate lacks fruit richness, offering instead dried tobacco leaf, oak extract, espresso, dried sage, vanilla and mocha alongside bitterly astringent tannins.